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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
Well the thing is, Senators and Congressman are elected by direct election, which can mean tyranny of the majority. Pure democracy is not necessarily a good thing. Representatives only serve two-year terms, and there are more of them than Senators, so I don't have much a problem with them.
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Well as for me, if I have to put up with tynanny at all let it be "of the majority" because at least most of us are getting what we think we want. I'm from Spokane WA where we were happy to re-elect Tom Foley over and over and over and over. (That's Speaker of the House Foley to you!) Most of us liked him a lot, we never worried about Fairchild AFB closing, I-90 got rammed right through the middle of Spokane (look at a map if you don't know where Spokane is - it is in the economic middle of no-where (but it is God's gift believe me). Then along came this Republican named George Nethercutt talking about term limits and how he would only serve 2 terms. Out goes Tom (actually off goes Tom to Japan to work for Bush the Elder) and in comes George. My My my! the learning curve was steep and slippery. He never seemed to get it right. But, come time for the third term he was all about "I've finally got it all figured out."
The voters were unimpressed and unmoved. But George? He moved to DC and worked for a lobbying firm.